XVIII Century Specimen Collection
In the age of steam and sail, botanists and engineers shared a common purpose: to catalog the world's secrets and harness them for human progress. Ships carried both seed and steel across oceans, each voyage a mission of discovery.
Mechanics of Growth
The parallel engines that moved commerce and conquest also distributed botanical knowledge. Seeds from distant lands were pressed and preserved, their journeys documented alongside the technical specifications of the vessels that carried them.
A Flat Aesthetic
Without shadow or gradient, each element achieves its own clarity. The botanical and mechanical worlds are rendered on equal planes, neither dominant, both essential. It is in this flatness that their unity becomes most apparent.